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A Czech Song Mocks Putin (Česká píseň se vysmívá Putinovi)

The Russian song, set to a popular 1970s Czech tune Jozin z Bazin (Joey of the Marsh) by a Czech singer Ivan Mladek, is becoming trendier on YouTube in recent days. Today, over three million people have seen the video. The Russian lyrics say, “Putin, Putin goes to Pikalyovo. Putin, Putin will make it cool for us… Putin, Putin is quick to do justice. Putin, Putin is our Prime Minister… Jozin z Bazin is the people’s choice … oligarchs, miners and even cops know that Jozin z Bazin will be our new president.” The spoof song was made to make fun of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, a former KGB spy, who was ineligible to run for a third consecutive term as President in 2008 and became Prime Minister.

The song continues by mentioning that an election is just around the corner, the results will be clear to everybody and that Putin could seek to return to the Kremlin. The music satire refers an incident from June, where Putin publicly humiliated factory owners in Pikalyovo and forced them to reopen their plants after workers protested against unpaid wages, thus showing the public his interest in helping common people. It is interesting that this non-political song became so popular with relation to politics. A similar song was already released in Poland about their Prime Minister Donald Tusk. Ivan Mladek has played at many concerts in Poland since the video release in 2008.

Source (Zdroj): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_Ho1H3HmzM

And what is the original song about? The song describes the carnivorous Jozin from the swamps in Moravia that feeds mainly on unpopular Praguers that can only be defeated by sprinkling a poisonous powder from the air. Here are the English lyrics to the original song:

1. I drive a Skoda 100 to camp here on Orava
So I hurry, take a risk – go through Morava
The monster lives there, comes out of the bog
Eats mostly Prague citizen, its name is Jozin (Joseph)¨

Chorus: Jozin from the bog creeps through the swamp
Jozin from the bog closes on the village
Jozin from the bog edges its teeth
Jozin from the bog bites, strangles
To defeat Jozin from the bog, who could imagine, only works by sprinkling manure from a plane (white powder)

2. I was driving through the village on the road to Vizovice
The village mayor greeted me, said to me during drinking a shot of Slivovice (DIY plum brandy)
‘The one who will bring Jozin dead or alive
gets my daughter and half of the National Agrarian Farm
Chorus: Jozin…

3. I said: ‘give me a plane and some powder, mayor,
I’ll bring you Jozin, I see no trouble about that’,
The Mayor helped me, in the morning I went up in the sky
The powder from the plane prettily fell on Jozin

Jozin from swamp is totaly white now
Jozin from swamp is running away from the mud
Jozin from swamp ended up on the rock
Jozin from swamp will meet his end here”

I got Jozin from swamp, now I hold him in my hand
A bit of money is always nice so I will sell him to a ZOO